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#VIDEO: In the year 2020—despite the widespread lockdowns and restricted movement—space exploration and research continued to proliferate across the globe. In case you missed any of these mind-blowing space stories of 2020, then here is a reckoner!
#2020inSpace: Ten Out of the World Happenings That Kept #Astronomy Enthusiasts on Their Toes This Year

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(📸: NASA/JPL/USGS/(NRAO/AUI/NSF/NASA/SSV, MIPL, Magellan Team, NASA)
On September 14, 2020, a paper published in the reputed journal Nature Astronomy, revealed detection of #phosphine—a colourless, flammable gas—on the clouds of #Venus.

(📸: SSV, MIPL, Magellan Team, NASA)
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Some terminology I’ve seen cause some confusion in the media:

To most people, a “signal” from space implies something intentionally transmitted, like a beacon or a message 👋🏼👽

To an astronomer, it’s *any* radiation we pick up (like a burst of radiation from a star) 🌟
This has come up recently in media discussions of a newly detected #FastRadioBurst — described by astronomers as a “repeating signal” from the distant cosmos. It’s probably just some weird stellar emission process! All “signal” means to us is that we can detect a bit of radiation
Relatedly, to an astronomer, “radiation” usually means electromagnetic radiation, which is visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, or any other kind of light (visible or not) — not just the kind of radiation one gets from dangerous radioactive substances, or nuclear accidents.
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